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== Equivocal versus neutral language == Wanted to seek more input about section on equivocal language. It seems to me that it's worth keeping "equivocal" in the title rather than [https://www.me-pedia.org/index.php?title=MEpedia:Science_guidelines&diff=next&oldid=55514 revising to "neutral"] because while editors should definitely describe findings neutrally, that's covered in the [[MEpedia:Editorial_guidelines|editorial guidelines]] whereas this is--it seems to me--making a different point about not overstating how definitive a finding might be. My concern for using "neutral" is that to non-scientists, saying something has been proven can seem entirely neutral ("neutral" to me mostly indicates you shouldn't say "shockingly, it was proven that...")<br>On the other hand, is there a risk that telling people always to equivocate could result in people mischaracterizing results? It's obviously not appropriate to say a finding is equivocal if it's just not. Would welcome input on both best practices in science writing as well as how we can be best convey them to folks not yet familiar with those conventions! [[User:Canele|Canele]] ([[User talk:Canele|talk]]) 16:26, 20 April 2019 (EDT) :Good point. I changed the wording only to try to simplify the language (improving readability). I'm open to other suggestions - or possibly examples? I feel the language used should be closer to "plain English" - short, simple, clear. I admit I had to lookup unequivocal and didn't make a great choice for an alternative word [[User:Notjusttired|notjusttired]] ([[User talk:Notjusttired|talk]]) 16:38, 22 April 2019 (EDT) ::I put it in as equivocal very deliberately. Let's keep that word. [[User:Jaime|Jaime]]
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